2 Days before CNY [24Jan’09]

Last minutes shopping at MV that is. As no one helps to look after our naughty girl so she tagged a long with us for our last minute shopping. The malls are so full of people and it was definitely hard to shop with Angel nowadays as she always wants to wonder off by herself, do not want to put on her safety harness (no choice but we have to) and also refused us to carry her. So for the entire day, she was cranky and crying all the time because we want her to stay close to us.

Angel’s also having her first taste of Kenny Rogers on that day! The restaurant was so packed and the service was a bit slow and therefore, Angel basically was shouting at the waitress when she saw them bringing plates full of food but which was not for our table. She even bang on the table out of frustration and crying + shouting out loud ‘MAAM~~ MAAM~~’ until everyone was looking our ways *shake head*. Stopping her and asking her not to do that nicely is just no use when it comes to a frustrated toddler. No wonders they said kids who are hungry really can’t wait for even 1 minute, sigh!

So after dinner we continue with our shopping. Hubby helps to look after Angel for awhile while I was busy flipping through some jeans at Jusco. Then suddenly hubby asked me did I see Angel and I was shocked …… hubby was pulling Angel on the safety harness and how could she got lost? Hubby said he was still holding onto the harness 1 minute ago then she was gone!! Harr???? What does he mean that she was GONE???? Asked him again and he tells me he don’t know ……… OMG, I quickly run all over the place looking for her and so does hubby. Asked hubby where he brought her and hubby said they were just standing there going nowhere!! Suddenly I remembered an escalator nearby so I quickly run towards it hoping that she was not going to ran down the escalator but she was not there. Then I tried to look everywhere nearby but after a long 5 minutes of searching among the crowded people (while there was an announcement for a 5 year old boy who also got lost) really made my heart pounded so fast! I dreaded hoping that she was not kidnapped (after hearing some scary stories at the malls obviously)!! Then I met up with hubby and still no sign of Angel then I start asking hubby where he lost her and how could a 1 year + toddler vanished from his sight and yet he do not know how he lost her *slap forehead* :( Then hubby finally went back to the place where he and Angel stood previously and shout out loud calling Angel’s name!!! Then suddenly hubby heard a giggling sound from where he stood …… then hubby looked down at the clothes hanging beside him and noticed a tip of a pair of shoe under those clothes! GOSH …. There she is!!!! Actually Angel didn’t wondered off, when hubby let go of her safety harness for the split second and talk to me, she just take few step backwards and hide behind those pile of hanging clothes!!!! When I saw hubby carries our girl out, I burst into tears while some other people were looking at me wondering while I was full of tears!! I can’t stopped kissing her while she still smile happily thinking that we played hide and seek with her!!! From that point onwards, I carry her in my arms the entire night and ask hubby to flip through the clothes while I look through them. I rather do it that way just in case that hubby will ever lost her again.

Anyway, I still manage to grab a couple pair of jeans for myself and also some CNY clothes for hubby then headed home straight. It’s really impossible to shop while carrying a super ‘cranky’ toddler and also an extremely hopeless ‘helper’ at the same time in such ‘crowded’ mall during such busy time of the year. But I must say that I am glad our day ended well despite of that scary episode in Jusco that night. Luckily Hubby and I didn’t leave the venue and headed to the security department reporting for our lost girl living her alone there or else, I think she might really got lost and wondered off somewhere all by herself if she couldn't fine us there. We are lucky this round but I feel so bad about ourselves that night …… that’s why I want to jot this down reminding me that this incident will not happen EVER again!!